The police custody of Norman Thavaud, French YouTube star with 12 million subscribers accused of rape and corruption of a minor, was extended on Tuesday morning, December 6, said the Paris prosecutor's office, requested by AFP.
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Norman makes videos
" was placed in police custody on Monday December 5 as part of a preliminary investigation entrusted to the Brigade for the Protection of Minors (BPM), opened in January 2022. Six young women have filed a complaint against the youtubeur .
According to
Liberation
, five of them would accuse Norman Thavaud of rape and two were minors at the time of the facts.
In 2020, a Quebec fan, Maggie D., publicly accused Norman Thavaud of having manipulated her to obtain sexual photos and videos, when she was, according to her, 16 years old at that time.
She said she had filed a complaint in Canada.
As part of a Quebec-French investigation published by the Urbania media in April 2021, other women had made similar accusations against the youtuber for facts that allegedly occurred when some were still minors.
Third French YouTuber
Questioned by AFP, Maggie D. confirmed to be in France to be confronted Tuesday December 6 with Norman Thavaud in front of the investigators, as indicated Liberation.
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Norman, the third French YouTuber in terms of number of subscribers, is a veteran, having made his debut in 2011 on the platform.
His videos, according to an official tally, have been viewed more than 2.7 billion times.
Flag bearer of a new generation of comedians born on social networks, this editor by training became known in the early 2010s. Passionate about stand-up, he went on stage for two solo shows between 2015 and 2020, in addition to a few film (
Mon roi
) and television (
Ten percent
) appearances.
In 2018, the number one French YouTuber, Squeezie (17.6 million subscribers) denounced on Twitter "
the YouTubers (including those who shout from the rooftops that they are feminists) who take advantage of the psychological vulnerability of young people subscribers to obtain sex
”.
His tweet had been widely redistributed as part of the #balancetonyoutubeur movement.
Some testimonies had targeted Norman.
